Biography
Luxemburg was freed in the German Revolution of November 1918, helped found the Communist Party, and was murdered in Berlin in January 1919.
Europe · 1900–1950
RL
Secondary uprising
Rosa Luxemburg
German Revolution
Marxist who opposed both the world war and a revolution run only by a party elite.
Life
1871–1919
1871–1919
Place
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Years
1918–1919
1918–1919
Map
52.52, 13.405
52.52, 13.405
Revolution
Theme. Socialism · Mass democracy
Key figures. Karl Liebknecht
Outcome. The kaiser abdicated. The radical left was defeated.
Casualties. Street fighting and summary killings marked the winter of 1918–19.
Influence. A democratic critique inside the socialist tradition.
Quoted line
“Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently.”